Page 8: Historical Events In 1944
Tuesday, 16 September 2025
May 03 "Meet Me in St Louis" opens on Broadway on this day in history.
May 03 Dr. Robert Woodward and Dr. William Doering produced the first synthetic quinine in the year 1944.
May 03 Meat rationing ends in US in the year 1944.
May 04 On this day in history rCAF kills three German U-boats in under a month.
May 05 Gandhi freed from prison in the year 1944.
May 05 Russian offensive against Sebastopol Krim in the year 1944.
May 06 In the year 1944 70th Kentucky Derby: Conn McCreary aboard Pensive wins in 2:04.2
May 07 German assault on Tito's hideout in Drvar Bosnia in the year 1944.
May 07 On this day in history hMCS Valleyfield torpedoed
May 08 In the year 1944 33 communist resistance fighter sentenced to death
May 08 On this day in history the first eye bank is established in New York City
May 08 U-575 sinks Asphodel on this day in history.
May 09 1st eye bank opens in New York in the year 1944.
May 09 In the year 1944 country singer Jimmie Davis becomes Governor of Louisiana
May 09 On this day in history dutch resistance fighter Gerard Musch arrested
May 09 On this day in history ethel Mary Smyth, composer, dies at 86
May 09 Russians recapture Crimea by taking Sevastopol on this day in history.
May 09 In the year 1944 the first eye bank opens (NYC)
May 10 Chinese offensive in West-Yunnan in the year 1944.
May 10 On this day in history smith v Allwright (excluding Blacks from primary voting) is illegal
May 11 Allied forces launch a major offensive in central Italy in the year 1944.
May 11 On this day in history henk Hos, resistance fighter, executed at 37
May 11 In the year 1944 opposition group surprise attack post office washer
May 11 Slomp Resistance fighter (Frits de Zwerver) freed from Arnhem prison on this day in history.
May 12 900+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Zwikau, Bohlen & Brüx on this day in history.
May 12 Arthur T Quiller-Couch [Q], British author/critic, dies at 80 on this day in history.
May 12 Krim purged of Nazi troops on this day in history.
May 12 In the year 1944 secret Police arrest Gerrit Van de Peat
May 13 On this day in history 70th Preakness: Conn McCreary aboard Pensive wins in 1:59.2
May 13 Hitler gives permission for German forces to withdraw from the USSR on this day in history.
May 14 In the year 1944 91 German bombers harass Bristol
May 14 British troops occupy Kohima in the year 1944.
May 14 In the year 1944 general Rommel, Speidel & von Stülpnagel attempt to assassinate Hitler
May 14 The birth of George Lucas, Creator of the Star Wars films on this day in history.
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